A.g. Synclair

A.g. Synclair is the editor and publisher of The Montucky Review, a journal of poetry & prose. He doesn't have an MFA in anything but still manages to publish regularly. He lives, writes, and collaborates in southwestern Montana with his significant other, the artist and poet Heather Brager.

Facing West

The Jazz station is playing Chet Bakersomething recorded near the end of his lifehe sounded like chocolateif chocolate was ravaged by heroinand time.

In Europe, Jazz is reveredcrowds jam darkened doorwaysand tiny tables lit by unscented candlesat clubs like Ronnie Scott'sor The Vortexwhich could also be a metaphor for all of this.

The shoulder cracks under the weightI stop for a moment to consider the red skyand why they jump from buildingsBaker, McCorkle....they wore their scars softly, I think